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Pokemon TGC Pocket - Celebi Best Deck Build and How to Play

This guide will show you how to build some of the strongest Celebi Decks. We'll cover the best Celebi Deck builds, how to use them, as well how to beat Celebi Decks, and more!

The decks on this page reflect the meta around the Mega Rising Expansion.

List of Contents

Best Celebi Decks
Celebi Deck Strategy Guide
How to Beat Celebi Decks
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Best Celebi Decks

Celebi Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
Celebi and Meowscarada Deck [★ Best ★]	Strengths: • Works well against most Stage 2 ex decks, especially SR Charizard ex and Gyarados ex decks. • Celebi can surprise opponents by knocking out the opponent right after the devolution. Weaknesses: • Very weak against Fire-type decks, especially those with accelerated Energy generation.
Buzzwole ex and Celebi Deck [★ New ★]	Strengths: • Celebi can help counter Stage 2 aces, especially Charizard ex. • Celesteela lets you swap between Ultra Beasts after each Big Beat. Weaknesses: • Weak to Fire type decks. • Buzzwole ex needs multiple turns to be effective.

Celebi and Meowscarada Deck

Sprigatito ×2	Meowscarada ×2	Pheromosa ×2	Celebi ×1
Klefki ×1	Giovanni ×1	Cyrus ×1	Rare Candy ×2
Leaf Cape ×2	May ×1	Copycat ×1	Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

This deck pairs Celebi with Meowscarada to counter decks with Stage 2 Pokemon as well as decks with ex Pokemon. Celebi can take on decks like Shining Revelry Charizard ex and Mega Gyarados ex while Meowscarada can deal with any deck that includes Dark-types.

The deck also includes Pheromosa as a means to whittle down your opponent's health, and put them in Celebi and Meowscarada's KO range.

Klefki is included as a way of removing Giant Cape, and ensuring KOs when Celebi devolves high-HP Pokemon.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Giovanni x 1 (Mewtwo Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Sprigatito x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Meowscarada x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) Leaf Cape x 2 (Solgaleo Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	Pheromosa x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	Celebi x 1 (Suicune Pack)
Mega Rising	Klefki x 1 (Mega Gyarados Pack) May x 1 (Mega Blaziken Pack) Copycat x 1 (Mega Gyarados Pack)
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Buzzwole ex and Celebi Deck

Buzzwole ex ×2	Pheromosa ×2	Celesteela ×2	Celebi ×1
Erika ×2	Rocky Helmet ×1	Cyrus ×2	Red ×1
Leaf Cape ×1	Lusamine ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

This Buzzwole ex deck includes Celebi to counter Stage 2 ex decks, especially those that include Charizard ex. With Red's help, Celebi can OHKO a Stage 2 ex Pokemon if its Basic form has 60 max HP or less as the total damage the Defending Pokemon took during the match will still apply to the devolved Pokemon.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Erika x 2 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Rocky Helmet x 1 (Palkia Pack) Cyrus x 2 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Leaf Cape x 1 (Solgaleo Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	Buzzwole ex x 2 (Buzzwole Pack) Pheromosa x 2 (Buzzwole Pack) Celesteela x 2 (Buzzwole Pack) Lusamine x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	Celebi x 1 (Suicune Pack)
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Celebi Deck Strategy Guide

Devolve Stage 2 Pokemon with Celebi

Celebi is the bane of evolved Pokemon, especially Stage 2s, as the HP lost by the evolved Pokemon will still be applied to the devolved Pokemon. This rule makes it possible to knock out the Defending Pokemon right after devolving it if its max HP is lower than the total damage it has taken.

Temporal Leaves becomes much more dangerous against Stage 2 ex Pokemon as it can be boosted by Red to OHKO the opponent if its Basic form has 60 HP or less.

Can Lock Decks That Rely on Rare Candy

If your opponent's deck uses Stage 2 Pokemon and evolves them only through Rare Candy instead of using Stage 1s, Temporal Leaves can lock their Pokemon as Basics once they use up both Rare Candies.

Use Meowscarada Against Basic ex Pokemon

You can send in Meowscarada against Basic ex attackers like Giratina ex as Celebi won't have an advantage over them. Pair its Fighting Claws with Red if the Defending ex Pokemon has more than 130 HP.

How to Beat Celebi Decks

Use Efficient Fire Pokemon

Celebi can be OHKO'd by any Fire attack that deals at least 50 damage, so bringing a low-cost Fire Pokemon can keep your evolved Pokemon safe from its Temporal Leaves.

Use Decks with Basic Pokemon

Since Celebi can bully evolved Pokemon, you can opt to use Basics to not worry about Temporal Leaves' effect.

Against Celebi decks that include Meowscarada, Basic non-ex Pokemon like Miltank are effective choices.

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Crimson Blaze Decks

CB Magnezone	Mega Lopunny ex	Mega Charizard Y ex	Mega Venusaur ex
CB Heliolisk	Ariados	CB Ditto	Mega Blastoise ex
Mega Steelix ex	Reuniclus	-	-

Top Decks in the Meta

Tier
Mega Absol ex and Hydreigon Deck	Greninja ex and Suicune ex Deck	CB Magnezone and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck	CB Magnezone and Darkrai ex Deck
Tier
Mega Altaria ex and Greninja Deck	Mega Lopunny ex and CB Magnezone Deck	Mega Altaria ex and Furfou Deck	Decidueye ex Deck
Tier
Mega Absol ex and Greninja Deck	Mega Lopunny ex and Lucario Deck	Jolteon ex and Jolteon Deck	Mega Charizard Y ex and Entei ex Deck	Ariados and Whimsicott ex
Mega Blaziken ex and Heatmor Deck	-	-	-
Tier
Mega Venusaur ex Deck	CB Heliolisk and CB Magnezone Deck	Ditto and Rampardos Deck	Hitmonchan ex and Lucario Deck	-
Tier
Mega Blastoise ex and Manaphy Deck	Mega Steelix ex Deck	Reuniclus and Chingling Deck	-
Tier
Mega Venusaur ex and Leafeon ex Deck	Reuniclus and Gardevoir Deck	-	-

List of All Decks

Core Expansion	Decks
(B1a)	・Ariados ・CB Ditto ・CB Heliolisk ・CB Magnezone ・Mega Blastoise ex ・Mega Charizard Y ex ・Mega Lopunny ex ・Mega Steelix ex ・Mega Venusaur ex ・Reuniclus
(B1)	・Aegislash ・Dragalge ex ・Greninja ex ・Golurk ・Goodra ・Hitmonchan ex ・Hydreigon ・Indeedee ex ・Jolteon ex ・Luxray ・Mega Absol ex ・Mega Altaria ex ・Mega Ampharos ex ・Mega Blaziken ex ・Mega Gyarados ex ・Mega Pidgeot ex ・Mega Pinsir ex ・Melmetal ex ・Rapidash ex ・Tauros ex ・Whimsicott ex
(A4a)	・Altaria ・Celebi ・Dugtrio ・Entei ex ・Galarian Cursola ・Jumpluff ex ・Latios ・Miltank ・Poliwrath ex ・Raikou ex ・Slowking ・SS Eelektross ・Suicune ex ・Zoroark
(A4)	・Crobat ex ・Donphan ex ・Espeon ex ・Ho-oh ex ・Kingdra ex ・Lanturn ex ・Lugia ex ・Magcargo ・Raikou ・Scizor ・Shuckle ex ・Skarmory ex ・Steelix ・Umbreon ex ・WSS Gyarados ・WSS Tyranitar ・Xatu
(A3b)	・Alcremie ・Dragonite ex ・Espeon ・Flareon ex ・Glaceon ・Jolteon ・Leafeon ・Primarina ex ・Slurpuff ・Snorlax ex ・Sylveon ex ・Umbreon ・Vaporeon
(A3a)	・Alolan Dugtrio ex ・Blacephalon ・Buzzwole ex ・Guzzlord ex ・Lycanroc ex ・Naganadel ・Nihilego ・Pheromosa ・Shiinotic ・Silvally ・Stoutland ・Tapu Koko ex ・Ultra Necrozma ex
(A3)	・Alolan Muk ex ・Alolan Ninetales ・Alolan Raichu ex ・Araquanid ・Banette ・Crabominable ex ・Decidueye ex ・Dhelmise ex ・Incineroar ex ・Kommo-o ・Lunala ex ・Mimikyu ・Passimian ex ・Pom-Pom Oricorio ・Rayquaza ex ・Solgaleo ex ・Tsareena ・Turtonator ・Vikavolt ・Wishiwashi ex
(A2b)	・Beedrill ex ・Bibarel ex ・Dondozo ・Gholdengo ・Giratina ex ・Lucario ex ・Meowscarada ・Paldean Clodsire ex ・Pawmot ・SR Charizard ex ・SR Pikachu ex ・Tinkaton ex ・Wugtrio ex
(A2a)	・Abomasnow ・Arceus ex ・Bronzong ・Carnivine ・Crobat ・Donphan ・Garchomp ex ・Gengar ・Glaceon ex ・Heatran ・Houndoom ・Leafeon ex ・Origin Forme Palkia ・Probopass ex ・Snorlax ・Staraptor ・TL Tyranitar
(A2)	・Bastiodon ・Darkrai ex ・Dialga ex ・Empoleon ・Gallade ex ・Garchomp ・Infernape ex ・Lickilicky ex ・Lucario ・Luxray ・Magnezone ・Mesprit ・Mismagius ex ・Pachirisu ex ・Palkia ex ・Porygon-Z ・Rampardos ・Rhyperior ・Togekiss ・Torterra ・Weavile ex ・Yanmega ex
(A1a)	・Aerodactyl ex ・Celebi ex ・Golem ・Gyarados ex ・Mew ex ・Pidgeot ex ・Scolipede
(A1)	・Aerodactyl ・Alakazam ・Arbok ・Arcanine ex ・Articuno ・Articuno ex ・Blastoise ・Blastoise ex ・Centiskorch ・Charizard ・Dragonite ・Exeggutor ex ・Frosmoth ・GA Charizard ex ・GA Gyarados ・GA Pikachu ex ・Gengar ex ・Greninja ・Kabutops ・Kingler ・Lapras ex ・Machamp ex ・Marowak ex ・Melmetal ・Mewtwo ex ・Moltres ex ・Ninetales ・Omastar ・Pidgeot ・Poliwrath ・Primeape ・Raichu ・Starmie ex ・Venusaur ・Venusaur ex ・Weezing ・Wigglytuff ex ・Zapdos ・Zapdos ex

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